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Chapter III
"`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress. It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it. My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.' "Now, the date, please," said Annie. Mabel inserted it.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.
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From this reading "Now, the date, please," said Annie.
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From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.
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From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now, the date, please," said Annie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
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From this reading It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.
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From this reading Mabel inserted it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now, the date, please," said Annie.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now, the date, please," said Annie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now, the date, please," said Annie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
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From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
in the company of; together with
From this reading It must be very rich indeed, and with real lace on it.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "`I will call on you to-morrow in order to choose the dress.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading My aunt would wish me to look well dressed on the prize day.--Yours, Mabel Lushington.'
